Francophonie (Niamey)
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Francophonie district |
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 34 ' N , 2 ° 6' E |
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| Country | Niger |
| Niamey | |
| Arrondissement | Niamey I |
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-8 |
| Residents | 2497 (2012) |
Francophonie (also: Village de la Francophonie ) is a district ( French : quartier ) in the Arrondissement Niamey I of the city of Niamey in Niger .
geography
Francophonie is located on National Road 24 in the northwest of the urban parish of Niamey. Neighboring districts include North Faisceau in the east and Cité Chinoise in the south. Like the entire north of Niamey, Francophonie lies in a plateau with a sand layer less than 2.5 meters deep, which means that only limited infiltration is possible.
history
The settlement was laid out on the occasion of the Francophonie Games that took place in Niamey in 2005. The officer Abdou Kaza , then aide-de-camp of President Mamadou Tandja , was in charge of the general supervision of the construction work .
population
At the 2012 census, Francophonie had 2,497 inhabitants who lived in 467 households.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hamadou Issaka, Dominique Badariotti: Les inondations à Niamey, enjeux autour d'un phenomène complexe . In: Cahiers d'Outre-Mer . No. 263 , September 2013, p. 383–384 ( journals.openedition.org [accessed April 21, 2019]).
- ↑ Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 0-7864-0495-7 , pp. 336-337 .
- ↑ Zabeirou Moussa: Bio-express du General de Brigade Abdou Kaza, ministre de l'Eau, de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre la desertification: un parcours couronné de succès. In: Niger Diaspora. March 24, 2010, accessed June 8, 2018 (French).
- ↑ Répertoire National des localites (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 715 , accessed on August 7, 2015 (French).